XF 1.2 Disable Signatures?

[denisx04]

Is it possible to disable signatures in a specific section of a forum? For an example my website has a roleplay section and members have been asking if its possible to remove signatures from that whole section because it gets in the way of the flow of what they're reading.​

 

[Paul B]

You can hide them using a conditional statement and CSS using the node id.

 

[denisx04]

You can hide them using a conditional statement and CSS using the node id.

Thank you for your reply Brogan, could you elaborate on how I could do it? as you can tell I'm not an expert when it comes to CSS.

 

[AndyB]

I removed signatures from under the all the posts. Not a single complaint.

 

[Paul B]

I meant or, not and.

Edit the template and wrap the signature code in a conditional statement using the node IDs.
Or use EXTRA.css to hide them, again using the node IDs.

I'm on my tablet so can't help with the actual code.

 

[MagnusB]

You should not do this on a public forum, though, Google frowns upon hidden links and text (though links in particular).

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66353?hl=en

 

[craigiri]

You should not do this on a public forum, though, Google frowns upon hidden links and text (though links in particular).

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66353?hl=en

Doesn't this mean only hidden by making white, etc? I would think that not showing it at all would not trigger a downrank..

 

[MagnusB]

Doesn't this mean only hidden by making white, etc? I would think that not showing it at all would not trigger a downrank..

No matter what method you use via css, Google will see it, the idea is that a guest should see the same thing as Google Bot. If you want to disable signatures in a specific forum, it is better to just create a child style, then remove the signature part in the templates and then force this style on that forum.

 

[Paul B]

Edit the message template.

Find this:

<xen:if is="{$visitor.content_show_signature} && {$message.signature}">
    <div class="baseHtml signature messageText ugc{xen:if $message.isIgnored, ' ignored'}"><aside>{xen:raw $message.signatureHtml}</aside></div>
</xen:if>

Surround it in a conditional statement using the node ID, like so:

<xen:if is="{$forum.node_id} == 32">
    <xen:if is="{$visitor.content_show_signature} && {$message.signature}">
        <div class="baseHtml signature messageText ugc{xen:if $message.isIgnored, ' ignored'}"><aside>{xen:raw $message.signatureHtml}</aside></div>
    </xen:if>
</xen:if>

Change the 32 in the top line to the actual node ID.

You can determine the node ID from the ACP or using a browser inspection tool.

 

[Alluidh]

Maybe a suggestion for XenForo 1.3?

A lot of forums have a forum for departed user or something like this and it would be great to deactivate the signature for that kinds of forums in the "Forum Options"

• Allow signatures to be displayed in this forum

 

[mcatze]

Maybe not only for a forum, it makes more sence if it is adjustable for a forum or/and a thread.

 

[ehd]

And for a single user, too

 

[AndyB]

This add-on will eliminate signatures under posts.

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/remove-signature.2474/